# Chris Re

> Chris Re is a seed investor at Stanford University backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Stanford University](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stanford-university)
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Chris Re is an Associate Professor affiliated with DAWN, Statistical Machine Learning Group, PPL, and SAIL. Re works on the foundations of the next generation of machine-learning systems. These systems draw on ideas from databases, machine learning, and theory, and Re’s group is active in all areas. They build software to more deeply understand thechallenges and opportunities of these systems.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $5M–$180M |
| Series A | $21M–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 71% |
| Software | 3 | 43% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 43% |
| Gaming | 1 | 14% |
| Big Data | 1 | 14% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 57% |
| Series A | 2 | 29% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 43% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Flapping Airplanes | Flapping Airplanes is an artificial intelligence research lab that focuses on advancing foundational AI technologies with an emphasis on data-efficient model development and fundamental research into next-generation learning approaches. The organization’s work centers on exploring alternative training paradigms that reduce dependency on massivedatasets and compute scale, aiming to enable systems that learn with efficiency more akin to human cognition rather than brute-force training methods. Its team includes researchers and technical experts pursuing long-horizon scientific challenges in AI architecture, training mechanisms, and algorithmic innovation. Flapping Airplanes engages with investors and collaborators to support its research agenda, backing efforts that expand the theoretical and practical frontiers of artificial intelligence without immediate commercial product constraints. While the lab operates primarily as a research-first initiative, its findings are intended to inform future applications in areas such as enterprise AI, robotics, scientific discovery, and decision systems. The company’s strategy reflects a shift away from traditional scale-focused AI development toward exploring deep, principled advances in learning efficiency and model capabilities. | $180M | Seed | Jan 27, 2026 |  |
| 1001 AI | 1001 AI is building The Sovereign Artificial Intelligence Platform of the Middle East | $9M | Pre-Seed | Oct 21, 2025 |  |
| Studio Atelico | Studio Atelico develops an on-device AI engine for video games that facilitates lifelike characters and natural interactions. | $5M | Seed | Aug 14, 2025 |  |
| Bauplan | Bauplan provides Serverless functions + data branches directly over S3. We empower every Python developer to build AI and data applications that are portable, versioned, and reproducible with zero infrastructure management. Enterprise teams already use Bauplan to build analytics and AI applications that serve tens of millions of users daily. -Serverless. Developers can work with zero infrastructure overhead — never deal with provisioning, configuration, containers and dependency management ever again. - Designed for developers. Every developer can script the entire data lifecycle in pure Python without leaving their IDE — ingestion, transformation, modeling, testing, and CI/CD. - Built for S3 on open standards: bauplan leverages native Iceberg support for object storage, ensuring smooth integration with other data platforms and eliminating vendor lock-in. | $7.5M | Seed | Apr 16, 2025 |  |
| Virtue AI | Virtue AI operates as an AI security and compliance platform for applications. | $30M | Series A | Apr 15, 2025 |  |
| Virtue AI | Virtue AI operates as an AI security and compliance platform for applications. |  | Seed | Apr 15, 2025 |  |
| Cognition | Cognition is an applied artificial intelligence lab that focuses on reasoning and code. | $21M | Series A | Mar 12, 2024 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Factory](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/factory-8c60) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [OUP (Osage University Partners)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/osage-university-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Walden Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/walden-catalyst) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Air Street Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/air-street-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Stanford University

VC Fund · Stanford, United States

Stanford University is a teaching and research university that focuses on graduate programs in law, medicine, education, and business. Few colleges can match the breadth, excellence, and prestige of Stanford’s academics, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The university is organized into seven schools: Business, Earth Sciences,Education, Engineering, Humanities and Sciences, Law, and Medicine Student life at Stanford is quite active, due in part to the 11,000+ students living on campus. Art is a strong presence at Stanford, fostered by Stanford Lively Arts, the Cantor Center for Visual Arts, and numerous student clubs and organizations. Stanford also features extensive athletic programs, including more than 35 varsity sports and about 20 clubs sports. In order to maintain its high standards, Stanford University has extremely selective admissions. The university admits undergraduates based on a combination of academic achievement, intellectual curiosity, and personal experience. Graduate admissions criteria and application procedures vary based on the program of study. Undergraduates at Stanford have access to a variety of financial aid opportunities, including institutional scholarships, grants from the government, and student employment. Graduate students can receive financial aid through fellowships and grants, but funding is typically not available for master’s students.

5 contacts available at Stanford University.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Audrey Maclean | Consulting Associate Professor, School of Eng. | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/audrey-maclean |
| Badr Al-Rumaih | Graduate Research Assistant, Stanford Wave Physics Lab | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/badr-al-rumaih |
| Carolyn Bertozzi | Professor of chemistry | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carolyn-bertozzi |
| Christopher Field | Perry L. McCarty Director, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-field-eb2e |
| Chuck Eesley | Associate Professor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chuck-eesley |

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## FAQ

### What does Chris Re invest in?

Chris Re invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Chris Re's check size?

Chris Re typically joins rounds of $5M–$180M at Seed and $21M–$30M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Chris Re participates in.

### When did Chris Re last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Chris Re closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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